stackyFACTSThe patron saint of romantic, overpriced greeting cards currently resides in a glass box inside a Roman church. His completely severed skull is lovingly adorned with a colorful ring of fake flowers, providing a deeply macabre visual backdrop to the most heavily commercialized day of romance.
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